Epsom Hospital is a

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Epsom Epsom is the principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The ...

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. The hospital is situated on Dorking Road south east of the centre of Epsom. It is managed by the

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS trust covering the London Borough of Sutton and north Surrey. It runs two main hospitals: Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital. It also runs a chronic fatigue and pain clinic at Sutton ...

along with the nearby

St Helier Hospital St Helier Hospital (full title: ''St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children'') in the London Borough of Sutton is run by St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group along with Epsom Hospital. It is loc ...

History

The hospital has it origins in a cottage hospital which opened with just eight beds in 1873. The current building opened as a workhouse infirmary in 1890. It was staffed by volunteers until it joined the

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in 1948. In 2011, it was revealed that the hospital was at risk of losing its accident and emergency services as part of a Better Services Better Value (BSBV) programme, which would rationalise hospital facilities across Surrey and south west London. In 2013, local MP

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said that constituents should show their support for retaining these services at the hospital. Epsom Hospital was in the news in August 2018 after a stray cat was found in a linen basket. In 2019 part of the Dorking Road site was sold for £18 million to

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, which set up a partnership with specialist older persons housing provider Guild Living to create an residential complex.

Services

The hospital contains an

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and a range of diagnostic and supporting services including

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(including CT, MRI and ultrasound), the South West Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC) which calls itself a "centre of excellence", vascular diagnostic services and an acute psychiatric facility operated by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Radio station

The hospital has its own radio service, "Epsom Hospital Radio", which is a registered charity and is staffed by volunteers. Since 1979, its mascot has been Ruddles The Bear, which was named after a competition in the Epsom Guardian.

References

External links

Epsom Hospital Radio website
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History

Services

Radio station

See also

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